German preposition · CEFR A1
von
Meaning in English: from, of, by
Example
Das ist ein Brief von meinem Opa.
This is a letter from my grandpa.
How common is von?
von is number 10 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 9,757 times per million words — about once every 100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 19% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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